Everton 3 Newcastle 1 / Sunday 11th May 2008 / Att: 39,592

Everton: Howard, Lescott, Yobo, Neville, Jagielka, Fernandes, Carsley, Pienaar, Osman, Yakubu, Anichebe

Scorers: Yakubu (2), Lescott

Ben Tyrer age four. My first match was Everton 3 Newcastle 1 and I loved it. My Dad loved it as well, even though the Yak's second goal cost him £70.

Ben / Age 4 (19/09/08)

Everton 0 Liverpool 1 / FA Charity Shield / 13th August 1966 / Att: 63,329

Everton: West, Wilson, Wright, Gabriel, Labone, Glover, Scott, Young, Trebilcock, Harvey, Temple

My first match was the 1966 Charity Shield, at Goodison. My dad (unfortunately a Red) got us free tickets in the Directors Box somehow.

I remember two things about this: somebody ran on the pitch to give Gordon West a red handbag before the start (!) and when LFC scored the only goal of the game, everybody around me was standing up, I remained glued to my seat, refusing to join in!

Larry O'Hara (11/09/08)

Everton 2 Stoke City 0 / 23rd November 1963 / Att:47,957

Everton: Rankin, Brown, Meagan, Harris (B), Heslop, Kay, Scott, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Temple

Scorers: Kay, Temple

I believe it was March 1963. However my memory might of faded throughout the years. I went to the game with my belated father and uncle we sat in row A seat 23, 22 and 21. (was it ever called the North End Stand?)

The whole experience from seeing the vendors outside the ground, the mounted policemen marshalling the crowd, the Toffee Lady, seeing the young lads climbing out of the boys pen, the fans lifting the odd fan who had fainted in the standing areas overhead so as to ferry them reptile like towards the pitch.

Alex Young's hair shining in the floodlights. Roy Vernon performing his wizardry, Brian Labone, Alex Scott oh! the list of players is endless. The atmosphere truly memorized me, so much so that I've been an Everton fan ever since. My son and daughter in law have made the pilgrimage to Goodison Park with me. Hopefully my grandchildren will one day, and live the same experience as I did so many years ago.

One other little ditty from the game Sir Stanley Mathews played for Stoke City that day and although it was during the twilight of his footballing career he could still turn Mick Meagan over.

Kelvin Davies Canada (27/08/08)

Spurs 4 Everton 3 / January 12th 2003 / Att:36,066

Everton: Baardsen, Pistone, Unsworth, Stubbs, Yobo, Li Tie, Watson, Gemmill, McBride, Radzinski, Naysmith,

Subs: Carsley, Osman, Ibrahim Said, Alexandersson, Pembridge

Scorers: McBride, Watson, Radzinski

We might have lost the game but it was certainly a good first one to watch especially as our record at Spurs was never that good then. I sat in the Main Stand with all the Spurs fans using my Grandad's season tickets.

Before the game I got autographs, spoke to David Moyes and my dad jinxed Richard Wright, when he said 'keep a clean sheet for us today Richard,' and then what happens a few minutes later Wright gets injured in the warm up. So step up Esspen Baarsden for his debut. I don't know where we got him from but he was awful, and with no other back up Keepers Leon Osman was the named keeper on the subs bench!

The game got off to a flying start for us, Brian McBride getting through on goal one on one to score on his debut early on. Unfortunately that lead only lasted for four minutes with Gus Poyet leveling the score. Robbie Keane got his first of three after the break and from then on we were playing catch up in this thrilling end to end encounter.

Steve Watson fired home from Li Ties' cross to get us back to 2-2. Robbie Keane restored Spurs lead again with an unstoppable drive past Baarsden, but Spurs joy was only to be short lived as we came back again , Tomasz Radzinski with an expert finish following good build up play from Li Tie and Steve Watson. 3-3 and level again.

A game full of very good finishes was left to hurt Everton as a blunder from Alan Stubbs let Robbie Keane in to score an easy goal against Baarsden and complete his hat trick. Full-time it was disappointing that we couldn't get anything from it but never the less it was a good day out.

George Farr, Chelmsford (24/07/08)

Everton 2 Watford 0 / FA Cup Final / May 19th 1984 / Att: 100,000 (It Always Was)

Everton: Southall, Bailey, Ratcliffe, Mountfield, Steven, Reid, Stevens, Heath, Richardson, Gray, Sharp

Scorers: Sharp, Gray

This was my initial match of watching my Beloved Blues in The Big Time & what an occasion !!! The first time at The famous old Wembley Stadium thanks to tickets from my Uncle Bill whilst I was in Hong Kong. A sea of Blue & White engulfed the North London arena as the Toffees won their first trophy for fourteen years.

A marvellous all round team performance with Southall, Ratcliffe, Reid, Steven, Sharp & Andy Gray being particularly outstanding !! Everton were back on the road to success under Howard Kendall & Colin Harvey & that spirit that had been in me since 1976 with Bob Latchford, Andy King & Duncan McKenzie from my Nana Ellen Kelly from Wavertree meant just so much to me that day in May.

Keep up the good work on this excellent website Fellow Blues.

Stewart L MacLaren (11/07/08)